These kinds of lists are important, because you tend to know about 9 out of 10 of the items on them, but there may be 1 important detail lurking in the background that you can benefit from. And when the topic is the soul-wrenching search for an agent, well, why wouldn’t you pay attention?
So: 10 Ways to Not Get/Keep an Agent
Here are two bullet points that I’m committing to memory-
4. Writing anything that involves a serial killer that specializes in the killing of literary agents .
and…
6.Returning revisions at light speed.
This second one I could find myself being guilty of. I tend to do spot revisions on a few errors pointed out and forget to consider that similar errors might be hiding throughout the rest of the text. If I took the time to weed them out, and not just in those few paragraphs I got feedback on, it would reduce the need for at least one drafting session.
Are there any points made in this article that surprise you? Enlighten you? Any you’ve found yourself doing? (And sorry to anyone in the middle of drafting their big, breakout literary agent murder mystery.)
I see that smile.